1959 County Championship Explained

Tournament Format:	League system
Champions:	Yorkshire
Previous Year:	1958
Previous Tournament:	1958 County Championship
Next Year:	1960
Next Tournament:	1960 County Championship

The 1959 County Championship was the 60th officially organised running of the County Championship.^[1] Yorkshire won the Championship title ending a seven-year winning sequence by Surrey.^[2]

Table

• 12 points for a win
• 6 points to side still batting in the fourth innings of a match in which scores finish level
• 2 points for first innings lead
• 2 bonus points for side leading on first innings if they also score faster on runs per over in first innings
• If no play possible on the first two days, and the match does not go into the second innings, the side leading on first innings scores 8 points.

County Championship table

width=175	Team	width=20 abbr="Played"	Pld	width=20 abbr="Won"	Won	width=20 abbr="Lost"	Lost	width=20 abbr="Drawn"	Drawn	width=20 abbr="Tie"	Tie	width=20 abbr="ND"	No Decision	width=20 abbr="1st L"	1st Inns Loss	width=20 abbr="1st D"	1st Inns Draw	width=20 abbr="Bonus Points"	Bonus	width=20 abbr="Points"	Points
Yorkshire	28	14	7		7	0	0	0	5	26	204
	28	12	11	4	1	0	1	3	28	186
Surrey	28	12	5	11	0	0	0	8	26	186
	28	13	10	5	0	0	2	1	22	184
Lancashire	28	12	7	9	0	0	1	5	28	184
Glamorgan	28	12	8	7	0	1	3	4	20	178
Derbyshire	28	12	6	10	0	0	3	2	20	174
Hampshire	28	11	10	7	0	0	1	4	26	168
Essex	28	11	7	9	1	0	0	4	22	168
Middlesex	28	10	9	9	0	0	3	3	24	157
	28	8	10	10	0	0	4	9	24	146
Somerset	28	8	13	7	0	0	4	3	20	130
Kent	28	8	12	8	0	0	2	5	18	128
	28	6	8	13	0	1	1	7	18	106
Sussex	28	6	11	10	0	1	3	3	18	102
	28	5	16	7	0	0	0	2	8	72
	28	4	14	9	0	1	1	3	6	62

Notes and References

1. Book: Engel, Matthew. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2004, pages 493-494. 2004. John Wisden & Company Ltd. 0-947766-83-9.
2. Book: Wynne-Thomas, Peter. The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records. 1983. Hamlyn Publishing Group. 0-600-34667-6.